'Battlestar Galactica' prequel to air as web series, Syfy confirms

Battlestar Galactica prequel Blood & Chrome will now only air as a web series, Syfy has confirmed.

The project was greenlighted back in October 2010, but extensive post-production meant that its 90-minute pilot was not ready until November last year.

In the wake of the delays, Syfy have announced that Blood & Chrome will not air as a TV series.

Instead, the extended first episode will be shown on screen as a one-off movie, before the series continues online - as originally intended.

"Though the vision for Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome has evolved over the course of the past year, our enthusiasm for this ambitious project has not waned," Syfy president of original programming Mark Stern said in a statement.

"We are actively pursuing it as was originally intended: a groundbreaking digital series that will launch to audiences beyond the scope of a television screen. The 90-minute pilot movie will air on Syfy in its entirety at a future date."

An unauthorised trailer for Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome made its way online in the hours prior to Syfy's announcement, having premiered at WonderCom last weekend.

The new series will focus on the early years of the Cylon war when a young Ensign Adama is assigned to the newly-built spaceship Galactica.

Comments (7)

Step Calhounthis was one of the reasons you cancelled caprica and now you wont even release this as a series,
yet I'm willing to bet you will fund further b movie crap, syfy get your priorities straight.March 25th 2012 at 6:03pm(+1 like)

Peter NugentProbably so they can put more wrestling and reality TV on :/March 24th 2012 at 5:38pm

Ben AmponsahHighly short sighted by the SyFy execs but these are the same muppets who pulled the new V series before time...March 23rd 2012 at 8:11am(+1 like)

Larry SoutherlandThe should "reconsider" the effect of the cancellation of the show on the show's fan who waited patiently for the show to premiere. want it placed back on the schedule ASAP. THERE.March 23rd 2012 at 4:37am